Head of Renewables Energy Compliance and Permitting

Job Description: Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for all regulatory compliance and permitting activities across the company's renewable energy portfolio (e.g., ground-mounted solar, onshore wind, battery energy storage, and hybrid projects). This role designs the enterprise-wide compliance strategy, owns end-to-end permitting roadmaps, and orchestrates cross-functional execution to de-risk timelines from prospecting through pre-development, construction, commissioning, and operations.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategy

2. Design the company-wide compliance and permitting strategy aligned to growth targets and regulatory trajectories.

3. Stand up a right-sized Compliance Management System with a phased roadmap for future alignment; maintain a portfolio-wide Permitting Masterplan, and Regulatory Risk.

4. Own executive reporting and board-ready dashboards; run internal/external audits and lender-diligence readiness.

5. Regulatory Compliance

6. Energy & Market: Oversee Renewable Energy contract processes, DOE endorsements, and market compliance (e.g., PSAs, CSP alignment as applicable).

7. Environmental & Social: Direct the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) pathway and secure/maintain Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECC), including implementation of Environmental Management Plans and COA conditions.
8. Indigenous Peoples: Govern Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes and secure NCIP certifications, ensuring culturally appropriate engagement and documentation.
9. Grid Interconnection: Lead NGCP/DU interconnection milestones (SIS, FS, TSA/CA, MSA, energization requirements) and compliance with relevant grid/distribution codes.
10. Local Permits & Land: Ensure land due diligence, tenure security, zoning, locational clearances, business permits, building permits, and barangay/municipal resolutions.
11. Aviation & Special Clearances (as applicable): Coordinate CAAP height clearance permits for wind and tall structures; manage protected area clearances, forestry land use, and other sectoral endorsements (e.g., water/foreshore where relevant).

12. EVOSS: Institutionalize use of the Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS) for covered permits, ensuring accurate filings and cycle-time performance.

13. Permitting Execution

14. Stand up a Permitting function to drive application completeness, concurrent workstreams, and proactive issue resolution.

15. Deploy playbooks/checklists by technology and stage; drive standardization of templates (applications, request letters, affidavits, scoping decks, minutes of consultation).
16. Implement a Escalation Protocol (agency focal points → bureau/regional heads →central) and maintain a relationship map across agencies and LGUs.

17. Unlock bottlenecks through data-driven insights (aging, first-pass yield, rework rates) and targeted leadership interventions.

18. Stakeholder, Community and Government Agencies

19. Serve as executive liaison with national agencies, LGUs, and community leaders; represent the company in hearings and consultations.

20. Deliver inclusive stakeholder engagement plans and grievance mechanisms aligned with international good practice.

21. Manage MOUs/host-LGU undertakings and monitor socio-economic commitments; engage industry associations and technical working groups.

22. Team, Partners and Budget

23. Build and lead a high-performing team (recruitment, OKRs/PDPs, coaching, succession).

24. Procure and govern external advisors (legal, EIA, grid, land, IP), ensuring quality, independence, and value-for-money.
25. Own the compliance/permitting budget and forecast; optimize cost-to-permit, predictability, and portfolio throughput.

Core Competencies and Skills:

• Regulatory Compliance Expertise: In-depth knowledge of local regulatory frameworks related to renewable energy, environmental standards regulations.
• Regulatory and Technical Knowledge: understands renewable energy laws, permits, and processes, and applies this knowledge to ensure compliance and project viability.
• Strategic Leadership & Risk Management: is able to see the big picture of policy and business risk, identifies potential roadblocks early, and demonstrates strong engagement skills to address them.
• Project & Process Management: manages permitting schedules and multiple workstreams effectively, delivering on time and within budget while maintaining quality and compliance.
• People & Team Leadership: builds and leads high-performing teams by recruiting, coaching, and developing talent, and ensures effective vendor and consultant management.
• Stakeholder & Government Relations: engages effectively with regulators, LGUs, industry groups, and communities, navigating negotiations and fostering trusted relationships.
• Communication & Influence: communicates complex regulatory and technical issues in clear, simple terms, and demonstrates confidence in public consultations, hearings, and executive presentations.
• Future-Ready Competencies: adapts to regulatory uncertainty with resilience, drives change and digital adoption, innovates to streamline permitting processes, and upholds integrity and accountability.

Working Conditions:

• Willingness to travel frequently to project sites and government offices nationwide.
• Fieldwork exposure (public scoping, LGU sessions, site walks).
• Extended hours during critical permitting windows and grid milestones.

Qualifications:

• 12–15+ years' experience in regulatory compliance and permitting for renewable energy in the Philippines, with 5+ years leading multi-site teams.
• Demonstrated track record navigating DOE/DENR/NCIP/NGCP/LGUs and related agencies; strong relationships at both central and regional levels.
• Deep working knowledge of RE contracting, environmental and social (EIS/ECC), grid interconnection processes, and LGU permitting.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Energy Policy, or Law; Master's degree or Juris Doctor is an advantage.
• Proven leadership in high-ambiguity environments; excellent negotiation, government relations, and community engagement skills.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Php85, Php150,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Company events
• On-site parking
• Opportunities for promotion
• Paid training
• Pay raise
• Promotion to permanent employee
• Staff meals provided

Work Location: In person